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Opium: the Diary of an Addict
by Cocteau, Jean; translated by Ernest Boyd
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Longmans, Green & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt, black topstain. Stated first edition (American. ) Boards sunned at spine and edges. Bookseller ticket to rear endpage. Pencilled price to ffep. Firm and square. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, rubbed to joints, mildly edgeworn, price clipped, taped on verso to joints. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40832
- Title
- Opium: the Diary of an Addict
- Author
- Cocteau, Jean; translated by Ernest Boyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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Northridge, California
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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